Evidence of reputation in a community is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the reputation concerns the interest of the public in property in the community and the reputation arose before controversy.
Cal. Evid. Code § 1321
Reputation and Statements Concerning Community History, Property Interests, and Character
Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.
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